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[Myco]

Electronic Arts Removes Multiplayer Mode From Dragon Age Game in Big Pivot

Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. has made a major pivot on the next game in the popular Dragon Age series, allowing the developers to remove all planned multiplayer components from the game, according to people familiar with the matter.

www.bloomberg.com

I thought I'd never read EA and removing multiplayer in one sentence!
Some days ago they announced that they'll drop their "No Mans Sky" rework on Anthem: Next and pretty much shut down that project completely.

30 people were moved to Dragon Age 4. Which EA has finally decided, after seeing how big of a flop Anthem was that Dragon Age should stay a single player game as it has been the last 3 games. It's really funny tho that Mass Effect Andromeda was left in the dirt for Anthem and now Anthem got left in the dirt.
Mass Effect Andromeda could've been great if half their workforce wasn't put to Anthem.

Now I'm just especially happy about these news since Dragon Age is one of my favorite gaming universes and it's deserves much better treatment, being one of four founding games of Bioware that really pushed them to popularity.
It's also pretty much this: If they fail to deliver with Dragon Age 4 & Mass Effect 4 Bioware will cease to exist, they'll be just another dead studio under EA so they really have to nail this!

It has to be at least a good game, not average, not decent but good if not even perfect.
Now that their management changed and the people in charge left who put their teams through crunch etc. I really hope it'll be better.

Idk who else to tag but
@OnlyCalB @RainbowDevil @Sana​

 

[RainbowDevil]

2 good moves by EA in a row

 

[RainbowDevil]

not sure what I feel about it tho... like ok? It's the actual game I'm interested in

 

[Myco]

not sure what I feel about it tho... like ok? It's the actual game I'm interested in

the only thing i'm worried now tho that DA4 already had like a 180° 2 years in 2015-2017 to get the multiplayer live service system and now probably has to do another 180° do remove all the multiplayer components they added since 2017, so i hope they push back the game completely and truly work everything out well, don't want another Cyberpunk 2077

 

[RainbowDevil]

the only thing i'm worried now tho that DA4 already had like a 180° 2 years in 2015-2017 to get the multiplayer live service system and now probably has to do another 180° do remove all the multiplayer components they added since 2017, so i hope they push back the game completely and truly work everything out well, don't want another Cyberpunk 2077

Companies seem to just be failing at polishing stuff cause they fear losing players and yet... they lose more players when they release a bad product that's unpolished. So agreed, they better prolongue the production period.

 

[Myco]

Companies seem to just be failing at polishing stuff cause they fear losing players and yet... they lose more players when they release a bad product that's unpolished. So agreed, they better prolongue the production period.

i dont even know why they want to appeal to a new audience 4 games in, it works with games like Assassins Creed Black Flag which had less to do with assassins but pirates and its one of the best games in the series for many, but it's much easier to do for a AC game than a Dragon Age game

 

[OnlyCalB]

Great move.

I'm now hyped for DA4 lol.